The Laws of Slavery in Texas: Historical Documents and Essays

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★ Index Abe (slave), 62 abolitionists, 128–129 African Americans. See free blacks; slaves and slavery Alabama, 72, 78, 79, 80, 84, 164n13, 166–167n62 Alaman, Lucas, 33, 43–46, 156n24, 159–160n18 Alexander, J. and N., 61 Alexander v. State, 82 Algier, M. S., 140 Algier v. Black, 175n4, 176n10 Allen, A. C., 127 Allen, John M., 61 Allen v. The State, 162n15 Almonte, Juan, 46, 47, 48–49 Anderson (slave), 65 Anderson v. State, 168n90 antebellum period. See Republic of Texas; Texas (state) Arcineaga, Miguel, 15–16 Arispe, 157n25 Arkansas, 77, 165n41 Armstrong v. Jowell, 163n31, 167n63 Arnis, Henrietta, 140–141 Arnold, B. D., 65 Arnold, Hendrick, 121, 122 Ashworth, Abner, 115–116, 121 Ashworth, William, 126 Ashworth Act, 115–116 Ashworth family, 115–116, 119, 121 Ashworth v. State, 165n29 Austin, James Brown, 30–33, 160n46 Austin, Moses, 21–22, 155n6 Austin, Stephen F.: on agitators in Mexican Texas, 45; attitude of, toward slavery, 47–49, 160n46; and colonization law of Mexico (1823), 8, 23–26, 29; colonization of Texas by, 3, 8, 10–11, 22–26, 47–49, 120; Colony Criminal Regulations (1824) of, 3, 10–11, 56; and emancipation decree (1829), 38–40, 42; and Indian campaign, 46; and Mexican Constitution (1824), 157n25; on Mexico’s independence from Spain, 155–156n9; as slaveholder, 47, 160n46; and slave laws, 10–11, 14, 15, 19, 24–25, 28–36, 38–42, 47–49, 52; slaves owned by, 47; on slave trade, 46 Austin v. Ritz, 168n3 Bancroft, H. H., 155–156n9 Barkeson, Richard R., 123 Barnett, George W., 67 Barnett, Mr., 109 Bastrop, Baron de, 31, 32, 49 Beale, Thomas, 174n81 Bele (Bailey), Mr., 130 Bell, Andrew, 122–123, 125, 127 Bell, James H., 61, 64–65, 71, 76, 81, 84, 94–105 Bell, Josiah H., 25, 46 Bell, Louiza, 123, 127 Bell v. Hill, 164n6 Ben (slave), 129 Benton, Jesse, 124, 134–135 Benton v. Williams, 134–135 Berry, Radford, 124 Bious, Pleasant, 123, 169n6 Bird, Charity, 127 Bird, John, 127 Bird family, 119, 127 [ 182 ] The Laws of Slavery in Texas Black, David, 140 Blackman v. Gordon, 78 blacks. See free blacks; slaves and slavery Blythe v. Speake, 161n6 Bob v. State, 166n60 Bostick, Richard S., 63 Botts, John, 46 Boulware v. Hendricks, 163n32 Brenaugh, M., 46 Brigham, Jim, 68 Briscoe, A., 129 Brooks, John H., 140, 143, 151–154 Brown, John Henry, 155–156n9 Brown v. Mississippi, 72, 164n7 Brown v. The United States, 145 Bruton v. State, 82 Bryan, Guy M., 157n25 Buckley, C. W., 90–92, 168n6, 168–169n7 Bugbee, Lester G., 21–50 Burleson, Aaron, 68 Burnet, David G., 110, 114, 131 Burton, Mr., 110 Bushare, Robert, 129 businesses of free blacks, 126–128 Bustamante, 44, 45 Byden, Frederick W., 126 Cain, James, 61 Cain v. State, 162n14, 168n90 Caldwell, Colbert, 142, 144, 150, 176n9 Calhoun, John C., 169n14 Calvin (slave), 65 Calvin v. State, 71, 75, 76 Campbell, Randolph B., xi, 1–6, 56–69, 139–143 Carey (free black), 126 Carrillo, Deputy, 31–32, 49 Carter, Edmund J., 128 Carter v. State, 168n90 Cash, W. J., 165n33 Catron, John, 166n60 Cavallos, 31 Cevallos, Thomas, 127, 173n69, 174n81 Chandler, David, 73–74 Chandler v. State, 73–74 Chickasaw Indian, 80 Ciprian de el toro v. Juan Jose y barba, 173n76 Civil Rights Act (1964), 168n89 Civil War, 84, 145–150 Clark, Edward, 92 Clark v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 161n8 Cleland v. Waters, 166n59 Clifton, John M., 125 Coahuila and Texas. See Mexican Texas Coke, Richard, 143, 151 colonization laws, 8–9, 23–27, 29, 45, 155n8. See also Mexican Texas Confederate States of America, 5, 83–84, 148, 151, 153. See also Confederate Texas Confederate Texas: end of slavery in, 139–143, 151; sale of slaves in, 130–144, 151–154; secession by, 5, 83, 137–138, 148 Confessions of Nat Turner, The (Styron), 1–2 Cooper v. Blakey, 166n59 crimes: by blacks against fellow blacks, 64–65, 76, 165n33; capital offenses, 59–65, 67, 161n2, 162n24; executions of slaves, 59–60, 62–64, 165n33, 172n38; felony trials of blacks, 73, 75–76; by free blacks, 5, 67, 121–122, 172n38; jury trial of slaves for, 62, 63–64; and lynch law, 63–64; murder of child, 64; murder of slaveholders by slaves, 17, 63, 64; murder of slaves, 55, 73–74, 94– 105; personal injuries to blacks by whites, 72–75, 124, 134–135; by slaves, 3, 11, 55, 57, 61–65; stealing of slaves, 3, 10–11, 57, 60...